How to Use comet in a Sentence

comet

noun
  • And when the comet is this close, there just isn't time for that.
    — Holly Thomas, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Every year, the Earth passes near the path of the comet.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 July 2023
  • The comet that was the young Reds fell faster than the 1929 stock market.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The comet was as bright as the North Star until Oct. 16.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
  • That’s so close that the comet may appear brighter than the stars.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The comet takes 33 years to complete one orbit of the sun.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Nov. 2020
  • The probe is expected to arrive at the comet in the mid-2030s.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But first, the largest comet of the years is approaching.
    — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
  • During the beginning of the week, the comet will be too close to the sun to see.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This comet will swing back around Earth in a mere 6,000 years or so.
    — Sunset Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Think of it this way; if Arcturus and Venus are the ends of a coat-hanger, the comet is the hook.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The comet should appear for a couple of hours in the east, where the sun rises.
    — Jorge Garay, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • In the movie, Earth finds itself in the path of a comet that’s big enough to destroy the planet.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • But, spoiler alert, in the Netflix flick, the comet hits the Earth — and destroys it.
    — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Skywatchers will have chances to glimpse the comet through most of the remainder of the month.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • That show was like a comet across the sky of sketch comedy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Bright planets, stars and even a comet may appear if the skies are clear.
    — Katherine Rodeghier, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The comet has a tail made up of dust and ice,which is typical of comets that pass by the sun.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • That’s a pretty trippy thing to see—a comet during the day!
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This may also need to be done when the comet is nearby?
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The comet has an orbital period about the sun of 33 years.
    — Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 31 Oct. 2020
  • On that day, the comet, which appears to be bright green, will be about 27 million miles away from the Earth.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Meech called it a Manx comet, after a breed of cat without a tail.
    — Byeric Hand, science.org, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Devin Booker looked more like Haley's comet than a Sun in the first half.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Did any of this film’s stakeholders object to the comet hitting the Earth at the end?
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Just how visible the shower will be depend on the speed of the comet.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 26 May 2022
  • The Perseids are tiny specks of ice and dust that come from the tail of a comet: Comet Swift-Tuttle.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The trio of snacks comes with a comet of sweet Thai chile sauce on the plate, one of the restaurant’s non-African flourishes.
    — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Stevns Klint provides one of the most complete and accessible records of this event, with layers containing evidence of the impact of a massive asteroid or comet, which is believed to have triggered the extinction event.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Last year was a dream for astronomy enthusiasts like me, with brilliant low-latitude auroras, a total solar eclipse, and a bright comet that was easily visible to the naked eye.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025

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